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RICHARD BEACON
SOLON
HIS FOLLIE
(1594)
cneDievAL & ReMAissAWce
xexTS & STuDies Volume 154
RENAISSANCE ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY
SEVENTH SERIES
VOLUME
XVin (FOR 1993)
SOLON
HIS FOLLIE,
A POLITIQUE DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE Reformation of common-weales conquered, declined or corrupted. BY RICHARD BEACON
An Annotated
Edition
by
Clare Carroll and
Vincent Carey
cneOievAL & RCKiAissAKice tc^ts & sruOies Binghamton, 1996
NY
—
© Copyright
1996
Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies State University of
New
York
at
Binghamton
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Becon, Richard.
Solon his
follie, or,
A
politique discourse touching the reformation of
common-weales conquered, declined or corrupted / by Richard Beacon; an annotated edition by Clare Carroll and Vincent Carey.
— (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies;
cm.
p.
v. 154)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-86698-194-2 1.
Politics
century.
1955-
.
—
(alk.
paper)
— — — — —16th century. —Ireland—Mtmster—
and government 16th century. 2. Munster (Ireland) and governemnt. 3. Land tenure Ireland Munster History 16th
Ireland
Politics
^History
4. British II.
DA937.B43
Carey, Vincent, 19611996
.
HI. Title.
I.
—
Carroll, Clare,
IV. Series.
325 '.3142 '0941909031—dc20
95-41147
CIP
This book
is
made
to last.
smyth-sewn, and printed on acid-free paper
It is
set in Palatino,
to library specifications.
Printed in the United States of America
Table of Contents Acknowledgements
vii
ix
Abbreviations Introduction, Part
1:
Richard Beacon's Irish Experience
2:
The
xiii
Vincent Carey Introduction, Part
Text, Its Sources,
and Traditions
xxvi
Clare Carroll
Textual Introduction
xliv
Clare Carroll
Solon hisfollie
Book I Book n Book
1
39
m
89
Textual Notes
147
Selected Bibliography
149
In
Memory
of
John Blake Carroll (1913-1962)
and
Thomas
G. Carey
(1969-1991)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In our research in the field of early greatly helped
ual scholars.
who from
by
We
modem tracts on Ireland, we were
the work and advice would especially like
of fellow historians to
and
text-
thank Brendan Bradshaw
the earliest stages of the project advised us about the im-
portant differences
among the various New English authors. Nicholas
Canny also gave us useful criticism from the outset. Roger Deakins, Hiram Morgan, and Michael MacCarthy-Morrogh deserve special thanks for sharing their unpublished work with us, much of which was crucial to our interpretation of Beacon's text and context.
We have benefitted from the encouragement and inspiration of our teachers Karl Bottigheimer, James V. MiroUo, and the late Helena
from colleagues Steven Ellis and Margaret MacCurtain. Thanks are also due to John Williams for his seminar on imperialism, Jill Kraye for her advice on research. Amy Mandelker for the use of her office, and Fred Nichol